When you invite special guests to your home, do you warm up the leftovers in the refrigerator and serve them on paper plates in front of the television? Of course not. Most of us prepare a special meal, use our best dishes and arrange our schedules so that we can spend quality time with our guests. In other words, we offer them our very best.
How many of us invite the Lord Jesus into our life and then serve Him “leftovers”? We give Him time “leftover” from our work, our families or our recreation. We give Him talents “leftover” from our social organizations, our sports activities or our hobbies. We give Him money “leftover” after we pay our bills and our taxes and put some money aside for our vacation.
“Out of all the gifts you receive you shall set aside the contributions to the Lord; and the gift which you hallow must be taken from the choicest of them” (Numbers 18:29).
Have I given to the Lord who died for me the choicest, or have I given Him “leftovers”?